Anatomy
AV valves
What are tricuspid and mitral?
Turbulent blood flow through the heart
What is a murmur?
Auscultated swishing sound in carotid artery
What is a bruit?
MI
What is myocardial infarction?
What is pulse deficit?
Location of heart in chest
What is between 2nd and 5th rib, partly under sternum and to left
Uncomfortable awareness of heart beating in the chest
What are palpitations?
Palpated mid-clavicular line, 5th intercostal space
What is apical impulse?
MCL
What is mid-clavicular line?
Vibration felt with large cardiac murmur
What is a thrill?
S2
What is heard best at base or closure of semilunar valves?
Increase thickness of the left myocardial wall
What is left ventricular hypertrophy?
Murmur heard best with client in left lateral position, at apex
What is mitral murmur?
LSB
What is left sternal border?
What is S3?
Ductus arteriosus
What is the connection between aorta and pulmonary artery in the fetus?
Ventricular filling sound, decreased compliance of the heart, heart before S1
What is S4?
Method to assess carotid artery by auscultation
What is deep breath in and blow out, hold breath, nurse listens?
MVP
What is mitral valve prolapse?
A continuous murmur usually of maximum intensity in the supraclavicular area, of no known pathological significance
Conduction through the heart
What is SA node to AV node to Bundle of His to right and left bundle branches to Purkinje fibers.
May be split on inspiration, heard in pulmonic area
What is split S2?
the 5 cardiac assessment points and locations
What are: 2nd ICS left sternal border-aortic; right sternal border-pulmonic; 3rd ICS left sternal border-Erb's point; 4th or 5th ICS left sternal border-tricuspid; 5th ICS mid-clavicular line-mitral.
VSD
What is ventricular septal defect?
Movement of fluid from left ventricle into left atrium
What is mitral regurgitation?